On the Camino: One Day at a Time, One Photo at a Time (Part 2)

[AlanSykes]

Nacimiento (and lunch) is down there. Between Alboloduy and Abla on the Camino Mozárabe:

 

[David Tallan]

Camino Portugues, the municipal albergue in Pontevedra.

 

[JohnLloyd]

This gorgeous glade caught my eye on the approach to Ponte de Lima.

Does anyone know what these flowers are called? Are they orchids?

 

[SabsP]

Frog pond and adobe houses in El Burgo Ranero. Camino Frances 2011.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Does anyone know what these flowers are called? Are they orchids?

They look like a type of arum.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

This gorgeous glade caught my eye on the approach to Ponte de Lima.

Does anyone know what these flowers are called? Are they orchids?

The flowers are definately cala lilies. They were the flowers used in my deceased sister's wedding 35 years ago. I saw many on my caminos and always thought of her.

 

[Madidi]

18th May 2012:

The Portico de la Gloria. This was the first time I arrived at the cathedral and I entered from the Praza do Obradoiro. There was a barrier to prevent you touching the column but it was possible to get close to it. When I was in Santiago last June, I visited it again on a cathedral tour: it looked magnificent after restoration but no talking or photo taking was permitted

Apologies, I need two photos just to cover the central column. I think the tympanum must have been obscured as I don't have any photos

 

[Anne&Pat]

This gorgeous glade caught my eye on the approach to Ponte de Lima.

Does anyone know what these flowers are called? Are they orchids?

We call them Arum Lilies in Australia and in Scotland. We got married in Scotland in 1984 and we had some arum lilies in the church flowers for our wedding Then when I emigrated to Australia, a week after our wedding, discovered that they grow wild in many places. I (Anne) love them. I am Scottish/Australian, Pat is Australian.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 5th, May, 2018 Bilbao. The scottie dog behind the Guggenheim Museum.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Here was my view...wonder why I chose the "back end"...can't recall if it is a cat or dog.

 

[KinkyOne]

Resting beauty (SdC, 2015)

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Resting beauty (SdC, 2015)

Ahhh, the unforgetable memories from walking the camino.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The sign on the camino that led to my forum avatar. At first the avatar was just a crop of this photo but I eventually created a cleaner version.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

The sign on the camino that led to my forum avatar. At first the avatar was just a crop of the sign but I eventually created a cleaner version.
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Yes, your avatar looks much more like you do in person than the original sign.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Yes, your avatar looks much more like you do in person than the original sign.

Better yet.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Better yet.
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Are you now a bottle blonde? The beard is accurate though...white as snow.

 

[AlanSykes]

Between A Gudiña and Campobecerros on the Camino Sanabrés, near the Venda de Teresa, autumn 2016.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Are you now a bottle blonde? The beard is accurate though...white as snow.

All natural coloring though the summer sun has enhanced the color of my complexion and what remains of my hair. Beard is salt and pepper on the sides and whitish on the chin.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

All natural coloring though the summer sun has enhanced the color of my complexion and what remains of my hair. Beard is salt and pepper on the sides and whitish on the chin.

You must be sunburnt as well.

 

[David Tallan]

From the ruins of San Domingos in Pontevedra, Camino Portugues, 2018.

 

[SabsP]

@alansykes and @David Tallan both of you have such an eye for detail.
Pictures that don't need many words.

 

[Botaivica]

Portugues, at the entrance to Grijo

 

[DoughnutANZ]

This gorgeous glade caught my eye on the approach to Ponte de Lima.

Does anyone know what these flowers are called? Are they orchids?

White Lily

 

[Camino Chrissy]

They look like a type of arum.

Yes, they are in the same family.

 

[Theatregal]

Modern conversion of ancient hermit caves behind the Iglesia de Santa Maria La Mayor in Belorado.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Modern conversion of ancient hermit caves behind the Iglesia de Santa Maria La Mayor in Belorado.

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That hermit cave always intrigued me from a distance.

 

[VNwalking]

Back to one day at a time, one photo at a time....

The view from the Castillo de Cornatel of the Camino Invierno (below) and the far side of the Bierzo, towards the Camino Frances. I have to say that while I'm not normally spooked by heights, the drop-off here was a bit spooky.

 

[JohnLloyd]

Who else has heard the singing lampposts of Ponte de Lima?

 

[Mattnlucy]

Better yet.
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I think that looks more like a cookie

 

[SabsP]

Always happy to find a library on a Camino. I always pop in to get a feeling of the place.
In Ponte de Lima on the Portugues.

https://biblioteca.cm-pontedelima.pt/

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 8th, May, 2018 Leaving Castro Urdiales in the morning for a short walk this day to Islares.

 

[Madidi]

08th May 2015:

On the Camino Madrid. The little stone footbridge on the Rio Navacerrada on the way into the town.

 

[KinkyOne]

Street performer (SdC, 2015).

 

[DoughnutANZ]

Street performance, Lugo, 2019.

 

[Theatregal]

A quiet cozy place in Finisterre. St. Galeria Bibliotaberna.

 

[KinkyOne]

A quiet cozy place in Finisterre. St. Galeria Bibliotaberna.

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I know the place but didn't take any pictures of it. So nice to see it again

Couple of years ago I found Michener's Iberia in a similar place close to my home.

 

[Former member 49149]

I miss being able to open photos, and have just tried the last few to see if I have any luck. Maybe I have a setting wrong somewhere? Not to worry, I can live without seeing them. Here is one from the Salvador that I sometimes use as my desktop picture.

 

[AlanSykes]

The cañón de Caracena on the Ruta de la Lana after Retortillo de Soria:

 

[David Tallan]

Setting out in the early morning on the streets of Pontevedra, Camino Portugues.

 

[Botaivica]

Let us also remember those who died on the Camino

RIP

 

[SabsP]

Ordizia ( Beasain ) on the Vasco Interior in 2019. Everything ready for a big fiesta in the village. What makes Spain so unique : the community feeling.
In pre Covid times.

 

[JohnLloyd]

Where's the party?

 

[Botaivica]

We have a party?



Portugues, on the way to O Porrino

 

[VNwalking]

Definitely time for a party. But first the group photo!
I can't take my eyes off the shoes in the front row. Ouch - Every. Single. One.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Where's the party?

Ponte de lima! One of our favourite places on the Camino Portuguese.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino Portuguese- 22nd, May, 2016 We came across this street parade of giant giraffes and puppets accompanied by a band in Redondela.

 

[Madidi]

9th September 2012:

Gigantes y cabezudos near the Plaza San Nicolás in Mansilla de las Mulas.
As I approached this plaza, children and teenagers ran through it screaming and laughing. It was completely unexpected to see these whip-wielding figures, accompanied by a band, chasing them. I didn't hang around to take any other photos

 

[KinkyOne]

Noisy parties and a silent observer...
(somewhere before Vilaserio on the way to Muxia/Fisterra, 2015)

 

[Theatregal]

Ocas at Villafranca Montes de Oca

 

[TrvlDad1]

Noisy parties and a silent observer...
(somewhere before Vilaserio on the way to Muxia/Fisterra, 2015)

Beautiful Seoane's viper!

 

[VNwalking]

Beautiful Seoane's viper!

My thought exactly. Gorgeous. Lucky you, K1!

 

[KinkyOne]

My thought exactly. Gorgeous. Lucky you, K1!

I guess I was because it was sunbathing only 1 meter or less off the Camino. Although there was no direct sun at the time I took this photo

 

[AlanSykes]

Praying mantis near Caspe on the Ruta del Ebro.

 

[David Tallan]

Caldas de Reis, Camino Portugues.

 

[SabsP]

Belorado 2011. Semana Santa . Good Friday. Stations of the Cross.

When you quite unexpectedly end up in the streets where the Stations of the Cross are held.
There are some more thoughts about this moment but I'm aware that they might not be ok with the forum rules regarding religion. But I remember an encounter that day with someone who had no affiliation with any religion whatsoever and he asked me to explain the concept of Semana Santa. As a very lapsed Catholic myself I did my best to explain some basics.

 

[JohnLloyd]

If you were looking to cross the river, Mr Horseman, there's a very nice bridge just over there.

 

[VNwalking]

Leon, 2015.
(As an American, those capirotes give me the shivers.)

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

Everything is happy when on a camino.

 

[Madidi]

17th October 2017:

Camino Frances. The bridge to Portomarin: who hasn't taken this scene

 

[KinkyOne]

Almost Turner-esque...

(after A Gueima, Camino Muxia/Fisterra, 2015)

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 9th, May, 2018 Mid afternoon between Islares and Laredo after traversing the coastal route.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Walking through Lisbon April 2019...

 

[Theatregal]

Quini's front desk at the very special Libreria Vestusta on Rúa Nova in Santiago.

 

[AlanSykes]

Near Murat-sur-Vèbre on the Chemin d'Arles

 

[David61]

17th October 2017:

Camino Frances. The bridge to Portomarin: who hasn't taken this scene

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I didn't! The water level in your pic is so low, mine is from the middle of the bridge in June 2019

 

[Madidi]

mine is from the middle of the bridge in June 2019

This is the current Google Maps for the bridge

Google maps

 

[David61]

This is the current Google Maps for the bridge

Google maps

Beginning of June was very wet last year, probably May too hence such a high water level when I was there

 

[David61]

Beginning of June was very wet last year, probably May too hence such a high water level when I was there

Just googled it and that is actually a reservoir with a hydro electric dam 30k downstream so that will have a big effect on levels. In Madidi's pic there is the old bridge. Mad fact (to me, who just read it lol) Portomarin as it is today, is only 57 years old. Moved whole village when the dam was built

 

[KinkyOne]

Just googled it and that is actually a reservoir with a hydro electric dam 30k downstream so that will have a big effect on levels. In Madidi's pic there is the old bridge. Mad fact (to me, who just read it lol) Portomarin as it is today, is only 57 years old. Moved whole village when the dam was built

Actually as I know they only moved the church

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Camino Portuguese 2019-
Bridge at Pontevedra

 

[David61]

Actually as I know they only moved the church

Were you there? The Church of San Nicolás, that of San Pedro, the stairway or the Chapel de las Nieves, the Manor of Count Maza and that of Dos Pimentales, plus others were moved.

 

[JohnLloyd]

I could never get used to saying "Bom" rather than "Buen"

 

[VNwalking]

The view back along the camino from the castillo above Castrojerez.

 

[JohnLloyd]

The view back along the camino from the castillo above Castrojerez.

There was absolutely NO way that I could ever have made it up there, not without a jetpack anyway.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 13th, May, 2018 Santander, commemorating the bi-centenary of Trafalgar 1805-2005 and those who died.

 

[SabsP]

From Monasterio de Rodilla to La Brujula on the Vaso Interior in 2019.

 

[KinkyOne]

Basque welcome after Zegama and before the climb to Tunel de San Adrian (Via de Bayona, 2016)

 

[Madidi]

17th October 2017:

Camino Frances. Smokey path near Ferreiros on the way to Portomarin.

 

[Theatregal]

Sunset game in Baiona

 

[AlanSykes]

Midi d'Ossau and the Lac d'Ayous from the Col des Moines variant of the Chemin d'Arles.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

The English have their own pilgrimage, to Canterbury Cathedral where Thomas Becket was murdered in 1170. Becket was a friend of King Henry II but after the King got Becket appointed arch-bishop of Canterbury he, Becket, started siding with the church against the king. Henry made some remark that some knights took to mean that Becket should be killed and they took it upon themselves to do the deed. Henry took penitence, the Pope sanctified Becket within a few years and Canterbury became the destination of pilgrims. Henry's daughter Eleanor married the King of Leon and Castile and brought the veneration of Saint Thomas to Spain. In the mid 1500s Henry VIII had Thomas's shrine and remains destroyed.

Now for the pictures. Burgos Cathedral displays a relic of Saint Thomas's hand and the museum of the cathedral in Astorga has this depiction of the martyrdom of Thomas.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

The English have their own pilgrimage, to Canterbury Cathedral where Thomas Becket was murdered in 1170. Becket was a friend of King Henry II but after the King got Becket appointed arch-bishop of Canterbury he, Becket, started siding with the church against the king. Henry made some remark that some knights took to mean that Becket should be killed and they took it upon themselves to do the deed. Henry took penitence, the Pope sanctified Becket within a few years and Canterbury became the destination of pilgrims. Henry's daughter Eleanor married the King of Leon and Castile and brought the veneration of Saint Thomas to Spain. In the mid 1500s Henry VIII had Thomas's shrine and remains destroyed.

Now for the pictures. Burgos Cathedral displays a relic of Saint Thomas's hand and the museum of the cathedral in Astorga has this depiction of the martyrdom of Thomas.

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A wonderful bit of historical information, Rick!

 

[JohnLloyd]

Happy 80th birthday to Martin Sheen, a man whose body of work stands tall in the history of American cinema.

One film in particular stands out, doesn’t it?

Thank you, Martin, Emilio, Taylor and all of the Estevez family - I’ll raise a glass to you all today.

 

[SabsP]

Casa Julia on the Ingles in Abegondo 2014. It was open that time and served the famous pancakes.

With the rerouting of the Ingles the bar is not next to the camino anymore.

 

[Deleted member 76633]

Henry made some remark that some knights took to mean that Becket should be killed and they took it upon themselves to do the deed.

On the wall of the Nave in Canterbury.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Happy 80th birthday to Martin Sheen, a man whose body of work stands tall in the history of American cinema.

One film in particular stands out, doesn’t it?

Thank you, Martin, Emilio, Taylor and all of the Estevez family - I’ll raise a glass to you all today.

I will raise a glass as well. If not for their vision in making the movie "The Way" I sincerely doubt I would know about these fascinating and delightful trails in Spain. The planning of, and walking my five pilgrimages has occupied my mind in retirement and given me much pleasure.

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 17th, May, 2018 Iglesia de San Pedro Ad vincula, Cobreces.

 

[KinkyOne]

Round (corner) balcony in Miranda de Ebro (Via de Bayona, 2016)

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

At the start of the alternative route into Burgos (the "River Route"). It sure beats the pavement and workshops.

 

[Madidi]

08th May 2015:

Camino Madrid. Overlooking the Embalse de Navalmedio on the way down into Cercedilla.

 

[Theatregal]

At the mouth of the tunnel of Orellán at Las Médulas

 

[Botaivica]

when you stop to drink tea, and you still get a free massage

Bar at the entrance Puente Villarente on CF

 

[David Tallan]

Camino Portugues. North of Caldas de Reis (42°40'48.2"N 8°38'11.9"W). A green tunnel.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

The view back along the camino from the castillo above Castrojerez.

Another view from the same castle at Castrojerez... definately a special memory.

 

[KinkyOne]

Another view from the same castle at Castrojerez... definately a special memory.

Definitely Castrojeriz

 

[Anamiri]

This gorgeous glade caught my eye on the approach to Ponte de Lima.

Does anyone know what these flowers are called? Are they orchids?

arum lillies

 

[SabsP]

View from our hostalroom in Pancorbo, Vasco Interior 2019.

 

[VNwalking]

Same caption as Sabine's, but in Zegama:

 

[JohnLloyd]

The ramparts of Valença, the last sight of Portugal on the Portugués

 

[Anne&Pat]

Camino del Norte- 17th, May, 2018 Our view walking into Comillas.